Thursday, February 16, 2012

Oatmeal cookies: "Yeah. They tasted funny."

I had written it all down except THAT. So like any lazy chef, I just took a shot in the dark (rather than go look up the recipe again. That would take an entire three minutes you know!).

I poured the vanilla into it's own cap (a small bottle) and tossed that in. Then I may have added a SMIDGE more........

So when we were getting ready to go to bed, I asked my husband, "Hey did you get a cookie?"*

To which the voice from the dark says "Yeah. They tasted funny."

Whatever. Clearly he doesn't know what he is talking about. I had four of them already. They do taste a wee bit heavy on the vanilla. I could just call them "Vanilla Oatmeal Cookies" as if it were some gourmet thing I made up.

*I only really asked because he was in a bad mood. My first attempt to make conversation about outdoorsy stuff was a flop. So I went with cookie chat. Which was apparently also a flop since he thinks they taste "funny." I think he is still bitter that I got a case of the diarrheas on Valentines night. I'VE SAID TOO MUCH.

In my mind, when you guestimate even one ingredient amount on a recipe, the results are then your own creation! "Oh yes, this is totally my recipe." Of course, I only take credit if the food turns out yummy. When the food turns out "funny" tasting- "Hmmm... not sure what happened. Something must be wrong with the recipe." :)

Hey, you can never have too much vanilla! I actually never measure mine. I have a big plastic bottle of it (I think I got it at Sam's) and I just put a few squirts in the batter. So what if it's a little more than a teaspoon? :-P